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Lemba community members, in Manavhela, Limpopo Province, South Africa

April 9, 2021, 7:49 pm

Life inside Africa’s Jewish communities caught on camera

Photographer Jono David tells Francine Wolfisz about discovering some of the more rarely-known communities in his new book, The Jews of Africa

By Francine Wolfisz

November 20, 2020, 1:44 pm

Lib Dem mayoral hopeful: After discovering my roots, antisemitism felt personal

Luisa Porritt, 33, who is challenging Sadiq Khan, said: 'Even though antisemitism wasn’t at me or about me, It felt personal, and that’s part of the journey I’ve been on'

By Stephen Oryszczuk

February 4, 2020, 9:25 am

Top British healthcare leaders hear from Israeli start-up delegation

Ten Israeli start-ups were in London as part of TeXchange initiative, which matches innovative companies with bigger British firms

By Jewish News Reporter

The Prince of Wales puts on his kippah as he arrives for his visit to the Nidhe Israel synagogue, Bridgetown, Barbados, where he unveiled a plaque and saw the Mikvah, as he continues his tour of the Caribbean. (Photo credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

July 31, 2019, 12:02 pm

OPINION: Standing together for our common wealth

From India and Tuvalu to Barbados and Mozambique, the head of The Commonwealth Jewish Council, reflects on the fascinating outposts of kosher culture around the world

By Clive Lawton

Rabbi Shmuel Notik, his wife Chaya and family (Facebook via Times of Israel)

April 25, 2019, 1:01 pm

Antisemitic insults hurled as Chabad Nairobi robbed, rabbi and wife beaten

Five men launched assault against Rabbi Shmuel Notik and his wife Chaya, staling their possessions and the centre's items

By JTA

ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav gives the Israel team a final briefing before they depart for Ethiopia. Credit: ZAKA

March 11, 2019, 9:31 am

Israel offers help to Ethiopia after 149 killed in air crash

Search and rescue team from the Jewish state sent to African country after disaster, as PM Netanyahu says if there's 'anything we can do we are ready to do it'

By JTA

Security forces walk to the scene as continued blasts and gunfire could be heard early Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

January 16, 2019, 9:53 am

Israel condemns ‘horrific terror attack’ in Nairobi

Jewish state's ambassador to the UK offers 'thoughts and prayers' for the people of Kenya after the horrific attack which killed 14 so far

By Jewish News Reporter

AJEX long-time executive director Jacques Weisserand successor Major Danny Yank

November 16, 2018, 1:02 pm

Passing the baton at AJEX: A change of guard to secure memory for the future

A change of guard and a new name are ushering one of Anglo-Jewry’s most distinguished organisations into a new era

By Jenni Frazer

Lava from the subdivision of Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone in Hawaii

May 29, 2018, 8:29 pm

Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano reaches Israeli-owned power plant

At least one of the 11 geothermal energy wells at the Puna plant is covered by lava, as company takes precautionary measures

By JTA

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) greets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

November 29, 2017, 10:45 am

Israel to open first embassy in Rwanda as part of ‘expansion in Africa’

Benjamin Netanyahu will open new outpost in the central African country more than 20-years after re-establishing relations

By JTA

First anniversary protest of the Narvarte murder case, outside the building where died Mile Martín, Yesenia Quiroz, Alejandra Negrete, activist Nadia Vera, and photojournalist Rubén Espinosa.

August 8, 2017, 3:08 pm

Israeli spyware behind hacking of Mexican anti-government activists

Pegasus software used to infect phones of campaigners who claim their family members were murdered by authorities

By Jewish News Reporter

Armed police close to Manchester Arena, the morning after a suicide bomber killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert

(Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

May 31, 2017, 4:10 pm

Trial begins for terror suspect detained at Stansted Airport

The court hearing has started for Dutch-Somalian man Aweys Faqey, who was held at Stansted Airport, after plans to use automatic weapons to kill people emerges

By Jewish News Reporter

Mayor Nir Barkat with 2016 Jerusalem marathon winner Tadesa Dabi from Ethiopia

March 17, 2017, 2:45 pm

Charedi men detained allegedly en route to disrupt Jerusalem Marathon

Israeli police hold dozens of Orthodox men heading to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, to cause chaos at the annual race

By JTA

David Miliband in a Rakhine State community in Myanmar, where he heard how IRC has empowered them and changed their lives. (Credit: IRC/Jennifer Harrison)

November 16, 2016, 6:02 pm

David Miliband: ‘We are dealing with the symptoms of failed politics’

In an exclusive interview, the former foreign secretary discusses his three years on the front line of the global refugee crisis and refuses to rule out a return to UK politics before 2020

By Justin Cohen

July 18, 2016, 10:12 am

World news-roundup: Archaeologists find Great Synagogue of Vilnius

All the latest Jewish news stories from around the globe!

By Stephen Oryszczuk

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